Monday, June 12, 2017

June 12, 2017 - POTW of the Week - Curtain fold

Today over at The House that Stamps Built it is my Monday to do the Project of the Week. For my project I choose to do the curtain fold, which is a fun easy fold with a few cuts and a few score lines.
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This really is the only "tricky" part and it really isn't - on the short 3" side make a mark with your pencil at 1 1/2" and on the long 6" side made a mark at 2 1/4"

Angle this in your cutter or make a line with your pencil and ruler from the 1 1/2" to the 2 1/4" and cut with scissors. On the 6" side score at 2, 2 1/4, 3, 3 1/4, 4, 4/14, and 5, 5 1/4. You will have 6 scored lines. Start on the 2" score line make a valley fold, continue valley fold on the 3, 4, and 5 inch score lines. On the 2 1/4, 3 1/4, 4 1/4 and 5 1/4 inch make mountain folds.

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I used 1/8 inch score tape to hold the pleats in place taping all the way down the entire fold but you could also use a runner or glue. It should fit perfectly on your 4 inch wide pattern paper. I chose two coordinating design papers but it is your choice. I thought the cloud paper went with the hot air balloon.

Finished Card

I kept this card simple with stamping the balloon and sentiment in blue with no coloring. Hope you will give this a try.

About Me

I am an addicted papercrafter that retired from a career in nursing 2 years ago. I am married to my "high school sweetheart" and he loves to fish - leaves me more time to craft. We share our home with 3 big dogs, Bella, CoCo and our newest Buddy and 1 cat Calli. If you don't find me walking the dogs, reading, you will find me in my craft studio.